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Warned About Their 13-Year-Old’s E-Moto, Prosecutors Say, Dad Bought Him a Faster One. Now Both Parents Are Charged in His Death
Orange County prosecutors say a Garden Grove father bought his 13-year-old a faster, more powerful E-Moto after warnings and a broken leg. The boy died at 43 mph.
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New Jersey Says GEICO ‘Forgave’ Accidents by Moving 4,662 Drivers to a Pricier Company. The Refunds Top $10.5 Million
State examiners found GEICO wrongly moved thousands of New Jersey policies into a costlier company, including 4,662 tied to accident forgiveness. Refunds now top $10.5 million, plus a $1.2 million fine.
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Police Say He Claimed Injuries From a Parked Car He Wasn’t Even In. Inside New York’s 16 Auto Insurance Fraud Arrests
One man claimed injuries in a parked car he wasn’t in. A deer-damage claim covered damage investigators say predated the policy. Here is what New York’s 16 auto insurance fraud arrests allege.
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Car-Mart Built Its Loans Around Payday. Now Its Own Lenders Have It on a Seven-Day Leash
America’s Car-Mart’s lenders have extended its default waiver seven times in six weeks, and the latest runs out Thursday. Here’s what the filings show, and what Car-Mart borrowers should know.
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Porsche’s Mission S Previews a Supercar Above the 911 With No Center Screen. Your Phone Snaps Into the Dash Instead
Porsche’s Mission S previews a permanent mid-engine supercar above the 911. Its dash has no center screen, just a MagSafe phone holder. Here’s what’s confirmed and what isn’t.
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GM Is Ditching the Rented Building Where It Built the First Chevy Volt Battery, the Same Week It Approved a $20 Billion Buyback
GM is closing the leased Brownstown, Mich., plant that built the first Chevy Volt battery pack, the same week it approved a $20 billion stock buyback.
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Tacoma’s Speed Cameras Caught Nearly 400,000 Drivers in Four Weeks. A Weighted Lottery Picks Which 200 a Day Pay $145
Tacoma’s two new speed cameras flagged about 14,000 speeders a day. The city can ticket 200, so a weighted random draw decides who pays $145.
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A Fuzzy Blue Steering-Wheel Cover Is Now at the Heart of a Fifth Circuit Fight Over Searching Flock Cameras Without a Warrant
Prosecutors tied one SUV to five Dallas-Fort Worth robberies by its fuzzy blue steering-wheel cover. The appeal asks whether police needed a warrant to search Flock and Vigilant plate-reader databases to find it.
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The FTC Just Published the Dealer Playbook: The 5 Lines You’ll Hear, and Exactly What to Say Back
The FTC says Greenway Auto Group charged more than the advertised price in 92% of reviewed deals. Here are the five dealer lines you’ll hear, and exactly what to say back.
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Avis Billed a Renter for 28,933 km in a Week, a 107-MPH Average Around the Clock. His iPhone Logged 1,400
Avis charged a Toronto man about C$5,900 for driving 28,933 km in seven days, a 107-mph average around the clock. His iPhone, which counted his hikes too, logged about 1,400 km.
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Chicago Seized His Car Over $524 in Tickets, Sold It to Its Tow Contractor for $273 and Credited Him Nothing. Two Justices Noticed
Chicago sold Ryan O’Donnell’s car for $273 in scrap over $524 in tickets and applied none of it to his debt. Sotomayor and Gorsuch say that looks like debt collection.
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The Dealership Boom Is Cracking: $120 Million Gone in One Quarter, and Buyers May Pay for It in the Finance Office
Six public dealer groups earned about $120 million less in Q2 2026 as new-car margins shrank. Aggressive stock buybacks kept per-share earnings from showing it.
